Game apparatus



' W. C. BARROWS.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1919.

1,332,021 Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

avwudo'a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER, CLARK IBARROWS, or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

GAME APPARATUS.

i Application filed June l9, 1919. Serial No. 305,321.

To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known thatI, WALTER CLARK BAR- nows, a citizen of the UnitedStates, .residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in'GameApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and entertainingtopical toy for game apparatus adapted in an essential feature of themethod of operation to portray the action of a submarinemine upon avessel and to this end the same consists of a combination of parts, itbeing understood that changes in form or proportion may be resorted towithin the scope of the appended claims without departing from theprinciples involved.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan View of the apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transfer sectional view of the apparatus on the line of thepivot of the tilting element.

The playing board 10 is built substantially on the plan of the wellknown Tivoli board in that it is disposed at a slight downwardinclination from the starting end 11 toward the above end 12, and isprovided at intermediate spaced points with obstacles 13, consisting inthis instance of angular blocks for diverting and interfering with thedirect progress of the playing object 1-1, such as a ball or marble asshown, and is provided at a point, well guarded by said obstacles with agoal 15 which in this instance consists of an opening in the playingboard of a size sufficient to receive the playing object.

This playing board forms preferably the top of a box or inclosure 16constituting a runway which is open. at the lower end as shown at 17 soas to permit of access toward and withdrawal of the playing object fromthe runway after each play, it being understood that said object in thecourse of play is positive upon and released at the upper or startingend 11 of the board and is then permitted to find its way along thesurface of the board between the obstacles 18 with the purpose of havingit reach and enter the goal formed by the opening 15.

Disposed at or near the lower or base end of the playing surface is anindicator con- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 24, 1920.

sisting of the representation of a modern vessel such as a submarine ortorpedo boat or man-of-war, formed in series comprising a base orrest'lS and a superstructure 19 adapted, preliminary to play to bedeposited upon the base or rest which is provided at a suitableintermediate point with a preferably elongated opening or slot 20communicating with the interior of the runway. This slot or opening inthe seat or base is designed to permit of the movement of a plunger 21carried by a lever or other tilting element 22, for example at 23, and

provided at the opposite end from the plunger with a plate or table .24arranged beneath the goal opening 15 and in the path of the playingobject asit enters the runwa through said opening.

bus, in the operation of the device, the movable element of theindicator having first been deposited upon the stationary elementthereof formed by the base or seat, the successful operation of theplaying object, represented by having it traverse the obstructed portionof the playing field or surface and enter the goal, will cause thetilting of the lever by the impact of the playing object upon the tableor plate adjacent to the goal opening, and hence the forward projectionof the plunger to displace the movable element of the indicator insimulationof the blowing up of the vessel by means of a mine. Obviouslythe obstacles and the goal as well as the idea of the rest or baseforming the closure for the lower end of the playing board may beprovided with scoring marks or characters to be claimed respectively bythe players engaged in the game.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

' 1. A game apparatus having an inclined playing board. provided withsurface obstacles and a goal consisting of an open ing adapted for thereception of a rolling playing object, an indicator having adisplaceable element, and a seat or base for normally supporting thesame, a plunger for movement relative to'the seat or base for engagementwith and displacement of said movable element and depressible meansoperatively connected with the plunger and located adjacent to said goalopening for actuation by the playing object on entering said opening.

2. A game apparatus having a playing field for traverse by a rollingobject and provided With surface obstacles and a goal opening for thereception of the playing object, an indicator, a seat or base and adisplaceable element for normal occupation of the seat or base, aplunger extending through an opening in the seat. or base for engage-ment with the movable element, and a tilting lever connected with saidplunger and having a table or plate located in the path of an objectentering saidopening in the playing field.

3. A game apparatus having a playing field for traverse by arollingobject and provided with surface obstacles and a goal opening forthe reception of said object, an lndicator conslsting of a base and adisplacea-ble elementjoint-1y constructed to represent a modern vessel,said base being disposed to close the end of the playing field, aplunger movably arranged in an opening in the base for terminal contactwith and displacement of said element seated thereon, and a movabletable or plate operatively connected with said plunger and arrangedadjacent to said goalopenin'gfm actuation by the playing object enteringsaid opening.

In testimony whereof Iaffix niyisignature.

WVALTER CLARK BARROWS.

